Kenya tea exports hit by Iran conflict as stocks pile up

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Disruption to shipping routes linked to the Iran war has left about eight million kilogrammes of tea stuck in warehouses in Kenya’s port city of Mombasa for weeks, threatening export earnings and farmer incomes, Reuters reports, citing the head of the East Africa Tea Traders Association.

“The current conflict in the Middle East has had a direct impact, a negative impact on this auction,” Omuga told Reuters.

Tea grows at a plantation after disruptions of tea exportation, due to the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran, causing maritime interference, in Limuru, Kiambu County, Kenya on March 26, 2026. — Reuters
Tea grows at a plantation after disruptions of tea exportation, due to the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran, causing maritime interference, in Limuru, Kiambu County, Kenya on March 26, 2026. — Reuters

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